The Defensive Sector of the Rhône (Secteur Défensif du Rhône) was the French military organization that in 1940 controlled the section of the French border...
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Fort l'Écluse (category Defensive Sector of the Rhône)
linked to the lower fort by a tunnel. The Fort l'Écluse was the largest component of the otherwise weakly fortified Defensive Sector of the Rhône. The upper...
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Here is the list of all ouvrages of the Maginot Line, organized by sector and type of fortification. Ouvrage translates as "works" in English: published...
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June. Armée des Alpes, 10 May: Fortified Sector under the Army: General René Magnien Defensive Sector of the Rhône 14th Corps: General Étienne Beynet Corps...
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Alpine Line (category World War II defensive lines)
as the Defensive Sector of the Rhône, with virtually no fixed fortifications, since it faced neutral Switzerland. The Alpine region was under the overall...
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between the Defensive Sector of the Rhône to the north, and the Fortified Sector of the Dauphiné to the south. The works combined a number of pre-1914 fortifications...
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11th Panzer Division (Wehrmacht) (category Military units and formations of Germany in Yugoslavia in World War II)
the Rhône corridor, reaching Besançon. Later entering combat in Alsace, it helped in the defence of the Belfort Gap and was defeated in the Battle of...
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Operation Dragoon (redirect from Battle of the French Riviera)
large-scale uprising by the French Resistance, the weak German forces were swiftly defeated. The Germans withdrew to the north through the Rhône valley, to establish...
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Valence, Drôme (redirect from Valence-sur-Rhône)
southeastern France, the prefecture of the Drôme department and within the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. It is situated on the left bank of the Rhône, about 100...
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Avignon (redirect from The weather in Avignon)
Located on the left bank of the river Rhône, the commune had a population of 93,671 as of the census results of 2017, with about 16,000 (estimate from...
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